The Citadel falls at VMI, 8-3

March 27, 2016 at 1:27 AM EST - Updated July 25 at 12:00 AM

LEXINGTON, VA - The Citadel baseball team dropped the second game of the series 8-3 to VMI on Saturday afternoon inside Gray-Minor Stadium.

Thomas Byelick made his sixth start of the season on the mound for the Bulldogs, working 5.0 innings and striking out six. Jordan Buster pitched 2.2 innings of relief, allowing four hits and fanning two.

Unlike Friday's game The Citadel struggled at the plate, tallying three hits. With the bases loaded in the ninth, the Bulldogs managed to push across three runs with Jason Smith, Philip Watcher and Barrett Charpia all coming home to score in the inning.

The Bulldogs wrap up the series tomorrow at VMI with the deciding game set to start at 1 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com.